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Essentials of Lifestyle Medicine and Population Health
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 2 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Define the concept and components of population health.
- Recognize the need for a population health approach to health care education, delivery and policy.
- Discuss the integration of the four pillars of population health.
- Describe the economic effect of preventable health conditions.
- Recognize that scientific and economic data support the business case for improving workforce health.
- Identify how workforce health has an effect on an organization.
- Identify the roles of the health plan, purchaser, consultant, and specialty vendors in workforce health improvement.
- Identify proven strategies to promote good health and increase employee engagement.
Prerequisite
- Bachelor’s degree or
- Minimum 5 years work experience in a healthcare related field
- Basic understanding of medical terminology
Instructors
Amanda McKinney, MD, FACLM
Associate Dean of Health Sciences & Executive Director of the Institute of Human & Planetary Health
Doane University
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